For this exhibition, the number of prints received was 2,791, well up on
the figure for last year. This is the eighth year in succession
that the entry has increased. [Click
here to
see entries over the
past 50 years.]

The exhibition includes prints produced both in
the darkroom and by computer. More widespread use of digital
printing appears to have resulted in significantly more entries in
recent years.

Perhaps one day we might aspire again to
receiving an entry of 4,000 prints. The largest entry to
date was in 1988 when 3,994 prints were received, and the EPS
photographer/poet, 'Ko-ko' wrote: